Antirattle device for locks



March 15, 1938. A. R. M LAGAN ANTIRATTLE DEVICE FOR LOCKS Filed Jan; 9, 1936 Fla.

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UNITED STATES A 2,110,995 ANTIRATTLE DEVICE FOR LOCKS Allan R. MacLagan, Western Springs, 111., assignor to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 9, 1936, Serial No. 58,313 4 Claims. (Cl. 292-340) This invention relates to looks, and more parbossed outwardly a portion [6 to provide a surticularly to an anti-rattle device for the cash face against which the bolt 6 will bear when the box door of a telephone coin collector. bolt is moved to the position shown in full lines It is an object of the present invention to pro- (Fig. 3). s vide means for preventing the forcing of locked In use the wedge H will normally be urged doors. downwardly (Figs. 1 and 3) until the upper edge In accordance with one embodiment, the inof the slot l5 engages the upper surface of the vention contemplates the provision of a spring shank of the screw it and in this position will pressed wedge positioned upon the lower housing permit the insertion of the door into its place 3:) of a coin collector at an angle to the bolt of a as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 with the bolt 6 relook on the door of said housing so as to be tracted. When the door has been placed in posicammed out of the path of the bolt, and urged tion and the lock is operated with a suitable key, into engagement with the side of the bolt when the bolt 6 will be cammed upwardly by the operthe bolt is in the latching position. ating parts of the lock which may be of any W A better understanding of the invention will suitable construction, and in moving upwardly be had by reference to the following drawing, the bolt Q will strike the edge H of the We wherein v and will cam the wedge upwardly until the point Fig. l is a side view of a telephone coin 001- I8 thereof passes OK the left edge (Fig. 3) 0f the lector with a portion of the lower housing broken bolt 6, whereupon the spring 29 will force the 9 away to disclose the location of the device illuspoint [8 of the wedge dow into e ent 3O trative of the invention; with the left hand surface of the bolt, thereby to Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional d t 51 tightly up against the m 3- view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the direc- The hereinbefore described mechanism will tion of the arrows, and prevent any movement of the door 4 in the open- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on ing 9 and Wi l, t e efore. render it more diflicult the line 3- 3 of Fig, 2 in th direction f the for anyone to insert an instrument between the arrows. door and the housing to pry the door open and Referring now to the drawing wherein like refforce the 100k 501T the door 4 01' break the bolt 6.

erence characters indicate the same parts in the s arrangement utomatically compensates for Si) several views, th numeral 1 indicates generally small variations in the dimensions of the lock 30 a telephone coin collector comprising an upper and t e Cooperating pa O t e door and houshousing 2 and a lower housing 3 in which a coin ing and renders it unnecessary to maintain prebox (not shown) may be inserted. The lower cise dimensions in the manufacture thereof. housing is provided with a door 4 which has What is claimed is:

secured thereto a lock 5 having a bolt 6-designed 1. A device for coope a g With a lock proto be moved from the position shown in dotted vided with a bolt having a pr j g and a relines (Fig, 3) to the position shown in full lines tracted position, comprising a frame having a upon operation of the lock. The lower end of surface parallel to'thedirection of travel of said the door 4 is provided with a plurality of ex belt, a recess formed in said frame having an o tending portions 1 which, when the door is in in in bottom Wall at an acute n e to the 40 place in the housing, bear against the rim 8 of surface, a slidable member movable in said rean opening 9 f rm d in th low housing 3 t cess on said inclined wall, and a resilient memreceive the (1 her for urging the slidable member into engage- The upper portion of the lower housing has a ment W Said b0113- cavity 28 formed therein in which is positioned a A device Cooperating With a 100 procoiled spring 29. This coiled spring 29 surrounds Vided with a bolt having a p je t g and a rean extending portion H) of a wedge H, and entracted position. Cemprising a frame having a gages a shoulder l2 on the wedge I I. The Wedge surface parallel to the direction of travel of said H is slidably mounted upon an inclined surbolt, a recess formed in said frame having an face l3 milled in the upper portion of the lower inclined bottom wall at an acute angle to the 50 housing 3 being held in place by a screw M which surface, a slidable member having a slot and beextends through an elongated slot I5 formed in ing movable in said recess on said inclined wall the wedge H, and is threaded into the lower and guided by the walls of the recess, means housing 3. From the fiat surface of the wedge extending through the slot in said slidable mem- H which slides on the surface l3 there is emher to limit its movement, and a resilient mem- 55 ber for urging the slidable member into engagement with said bolt.

3 A device for cooperating with a lock provided with a bolt having a projecting and a retracted position, comprising a slidable member, an inclined surface disposed at an acute angle with respect to the path of travel of the bolt, said slidable member having a fiat central portion slidable on said surface, and raised portions adjacent said central portion for presenting a holding surface to the bolt parallel to the face of the bolt, and means for urging the slidable member toward the bolt.

4. A device for cooperating with a lock provided with a bolt having a projecting position slidable member toward the bolt.

ALLAN R. MAOLAGAN. 1 

